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Word: vaulted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...closure. Well, far be it from me to impede the inexorable march of progress; but I can't help wondering just who (aside from those administrators who are slated to take over the building) stands to gain from the transferal of the Busch-Reisinger's collection to some underground vault. Granted, the stuff will probably last forever down there; yet is that what the Museum's benefactors intended? Does one, in fact, create and amass works of art for the sole purpose of preserving them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Busch-Reisinger Closing | 10/1/1986 | See Source »

...just knew I was next." But as she hid, Sherrill passed her by and opened fire on the next section. As Smith ran for the front door, she said, "I could hear all the clerks screaming as they were shot." Another employee escaped by locking herself in a vault where stamps are kept. Two other survivors hid in a broom closet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crazy Pat's Revenge | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

...buried treasure. They may find it and they may not." But Wyeth had never buried a treasure so rich, or for so long, as the Helga booty. According to one source, the artist would roll a Helga picture inside some other work, then transport it to a climate-controlled vault at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford; only he had the key. Somehow he managed to keep model and wife completely apart. Though Helga is employed as a cook and housekeeper by Wyeth's sister Carolyn, who also has homes in Chadds Ford and Maine, Betsy says she never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Andrew Wyeth's Stunning Secret | 8/18/1986 | See Source »

...September l974, Vinson went to work as a teller trainee at Capital City Federal Savings & Loan Association (now called Meritor) in Washington. She says that the branch manager, Sidney Taylor, coerced her into a sexual relationship, sometimes having sex with her in the bank vault and in a basement storage area. When she pleaded with Taylor to leave her alone, Vinson says, he threatened her job and her life. She never complained to Capital City, and the bank says she rejected two opportunities to transfer to another branch. Vinson's version is that she asked for a transfer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retreat for Advances? | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

RUSHES F/X NEAT IDEA: HIRE A MOVIE SPECIAL-EFFECTS MAN TO FAKE A MAFIA HIT. THEN WHEN EVERYONE THINKS THE DON IS DEAD, YOU CAN TAKE A LITTLE TRIP WITH HIM TO HIS SWISS BANK VAULT AND SHARE THE ILL-GOT GAINS HE HAS SEQUESTERED THERE. THE SWINDLERS MASTERMINDING THIS GAME ARE A PAIR OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS WORKING ON THE WITNESS SECURITY PROGRAM. THE MAGICMAKER THEY DUPE INTO HELPING THEM IS WELL PLAYED BY BRYAN BROWN, WHO HAS BEEN HANDSOMELY SUPPLIED WITH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Feb. 24, 1986 | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

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